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An adapter for a power tool battery. The adapter enables a battery having a first configuration, such as a "slide-on" configuration, to be used with a power tool and/or to be charged by a battery charger having a second configuration, such as a "tower" configuration. The adapter may also enable a ba

An adapter for a power tool battery. The adapter enables a battery having a first configuration, such as a "slide-on" configuration, to be used with a power tool and/or to be charged by a battery charger having a second configuration, such as a "tower" configuration. The adapter may also enable a battery having one general configuration, such as a "slide-on" configuration or a "tower" configuration, and a first connecting structure to be used with a power tool and/or to be charged by a battery charger having the same general configuration, such as the "slide-on" configuration or the "tower" configuration, respectively, and a second connecting structure different than the first connecting structure.

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An adapter for a power tool battery. The adapter enables a battery having a first configuration, such as a "slide-on" configuration, to be used with a power tool and/or to be charged by a battery charger having a second configuration, such as a "tower" configuration. The adapter may also enable a ba

An adapter for a power tool battery. The adapter enables a battery having a first configuration, such as a "slide-on" configuration, to be used with a power tool and/or to be charged by a battery charger having a second configuration, such as a "tower" configuration. The adapter may also enable a battery having one general configuration, such as a "slide-on" configuration or a "tower" configuration, and a first connecting structure to be used with a power tool and/or to be charged by a battery charger having the same general configuration, such as the "slide-on" configuration or the "tower" configuration, respectively, and a second connecting structure different than the first connecting structure. he circuit board of claim 17, wherein said heater comprises one or more banks of resistive elements. 19. The circuit board of claim 17, wherein said substrate is rigid. 20. The circuit board of claim 17, wherein said substrate is flexible. 21. The circuit board of claim 17, wherein said one or more resistive elements are planar. 22. The circuit board of claim 17, further comprising one or more functional electronic components carried by said substrate. 23. The circuit board of claim 17, wherein said heater is configured to dissipate a level of heat that satisfies one or more predetermined thermal criteria. 24. The circuit board of claim 23, wherein said one or more predetermined thermal criteria includes raising the temperature of the circuit board to a predetermined temperature level in a predetermined period of time. 25. The circuit board of claim 23, wherein said one or more predetermined thermal criteria includes maintaining the temperature of one or more components mounted on the circuit board within the operating temperature range of said one or more components. 26. The circuit board of claim 23, wherein said one or more predetermined thermal criteria includes maintaining a surface of said substrate at a temperature above the dew point temperature of the ambient air. 27. The circuit board of claim 17, wherein said substantially resistive material has a resistivity greater than 200 ohm-nanometers at 20 degrees C. 28. The circuit board of claim 17, wherein said substantially resistive material is selected from a group consisting of: a nickel-chromium-iron alloy, a nickel-copper alloy, Lead and Nickel-Phosporous. 29. A circuit board having a temperature sensitive component thereon, comprising: a substrate; and a heat carried by said substrate, said heater comprising one or more planar resistive elements composed of a substantially resistive material; a temperature controller configured to activate and deactivate said heater and said component responsively to a sensed temperature of said component. 30. The circuit board of claim 29, wherein said substrate is formed of a plurality of substrate layers, and said heater is carried within sai